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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric dental procedures in primary healthcare settings in Piracicaba, Brazil: an ecological study.
Figueiredo Dos Santos, Rúbia Vanessa; Bado, Fernanda Maria Rovai; da Cunha, Inara Pereira; de Castro Meneghim, Marcelo.
Afiliação
  • Figueiredo Dos Santos RV; Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil.
  • Bado FMR; Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil.
  • da Cunha IP; Public Health School, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. inara-pereira@hotmail.com.
  • de Castro Meneghim M; Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil.
BMC Prim Care ; 25(1): 71, 2024 02 27.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38413864
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

The COVID-19 pandemic brought significant changes to dental care, which may have affected pediatric dental care offered in primary healthcare settings. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze the quantity of dental procedures performed in primary healthcare for children aged 6 to 12 years, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

METHODS:

This is an ecological study using data from the health information system of Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. The variables considered were coverage of first programmed dental consultation, restoration of permanent and deciduous teeth, topical fluoride application (individual per session), emergency care, and deciduous tooth extraction. Two periods were considered period I (March 1, 2019 to February 29, 2020) and period II (April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021), before and during the pandemic, respectively. Comparisons between periods were made using the paired nonparametric Wilcoxon test with a significance level of 5%.

RESULTS:

There was an increase in emergency care from 15.4 to 32.4% (p = 0.0095) and a decrease in the number of restorations of deciduous teeth from 32.8 to 20.2% (p = 0.0217). The first programmed consultation showed a decrease of 9.60% (p = 0.0930) in period II.

CONCLUSIONS:

The COVID-19 pandemic has hindered access to primary dental care for children, impacting the quantity of emergency care, reducing restorations of deciduous teeth, and first programmed dental consultations. These findings highlight the need for strategies to ensure that pediatric dental care is not neglected during pandemics.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Pandemias / COVID-19 Limite: Child / Humans País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: BMC Prim Care Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Pandemias / COVID-19 Limite: Child / Humans País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: BMC Prim Care Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Reino Unido